#E4E78A#E4E78A

#E4E78A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.116 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E78A
RGB	rgb(228, 231, 138)
HSL	hsl(62, 66%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(62, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 40.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.62, -14.38, 44.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.62, 47.11, 107.77°)
OKLab	oklab(90.55% -0.0399 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(90.55% 0.116 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.1591, 75.4820, 35.1768)
Luminance	0.7548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E78A #8D8AE7

analogous

#E7BB8A #E4E78A #B6E78A

triadic

#E4E78A #8AE4E7 #E78AE4

tetradic

#E4E78A #8AE7BB #8D8AE7 #E78AB6

square

#E4E78A #8AE7BB #8D8AE7 #E78AB6

split-complementary

#E4E78A #8AB6E7 #BB8AE7

monochromatic

#C7CD2A #D8DD57 #E4E78A #F0F1BD #F9FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E78A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.10

#E4E78A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E78A

16.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E78A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E78A	1.00	1.30	16.10	16.10
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E083

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E38E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e78a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 231, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.116 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeead',
    500: '#e4e78a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e78a;
$custom-light: #eeeead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e78a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.935,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90547,
    "c": 0.11595,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E78A

secondary

#5855C0

accent

#18CE1E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E78A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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